Noè Ponti

Noè Ponti
Personal information
Born (2001-06-01) 1 June 2001 (age 23)
Locarno, Switzerland
Height1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)[1]
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesButterfly
Medal record
Men's swimming
Representing  Switzerland
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Tokyo 100 m butterfly
World Championships (SC)
Silver medal – second place 2021 Abu Dhabi 200 m butterfly
Silver medal – second place 2022 Melbourne 50 m butterfly
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Melbourne 200 m butterfly
European Championships (LC)
Silver medal – second place 2022 Rome 100 m butterfly
European Championships (SC)
Gold medal – first place 2023 Otopeni 50 m butterfly
Gold medal – first place 2023 Otopeni 100 m butterfly
Gold medal – first place 2023 Otopeni 200 m butterfly
Silver medal – second place 2023 Otopeni 100 m medley
European Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place 2019 Kazan 50 m butterfly

Noè Ponti (born 1 June 2001) is a Swiss swimmer. He competed in the men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. On 11 December 2024, Ponti set a new world record on the 50 meter butterfly at the 2024 Short Course World Championships.

Career

He competed in the men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[2][3]

Following the olympics, Ponti enrolled at North Carolina State University in the United States and joined the NC State Wolfpack swimming & diving team.[4][5] He left university and returned to Switzerland to continue his professional training after one month in the United States.[6]

In August 2022, he won a silver medal in the 100 meter butterfly during the European Swimming Championships in Rome.[7]

Ponti set a new world record for the 50 meter butterfly in October 2024 at the World Aquatics Swimming World Cup in Shanghai.[8] On 11 December 2024, he swam a new world record for the same event during the 2024 Short Course World Championships in Budapest.[9][10]

References

  1. ^ "Noè Ponti" (PDF). swiss-aquatics.ch. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
  2. ^ "Noè Ponti". Olympedia. Retrieved 25 July 2021.
  3. ^ "Men's 4 x 100m Freestyle Relay: Results Summary" (PDF). Tokyo 2020. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 July 2021. Retrieved 25 July 2021.
  4. ^ "Noe Ponti Wins 100 Fly Bronze at 2020 Tokyo Olympics". NC State University Athletics. Retrieved 12 December 2024.
  5. ^ Writer, Matthew De George-Senior (9 August 2021). "Switzerland's Noe Ponti Emerges as One of Tokyo Olympics' Rising Stars; N.C. State His Next Locale". Swimming World News. Retrieved 12 December 2024.
  6. ^ Keith, Braden (26 September 2021). "Olympic Bronze Medalist Noe Ponti Leaves NC State, Returns Home to Switzerland". SwimSwam. Retrieved 12 December 2024.
  7. ^ "Noè Ponti schwimmt in Rom zu Silber". Blick (in Swiss High German). 14 August 2022. Retrieved 12 December 2024.
  8. ^ Keith, Braden (20 October 2024). "Noe Ponti Breaks 50 Fly World Record in Shanghai; First Swiss World Record in Almost 40 Years". SwimSwam. Retrieved 12 December 2024.
  9. ^ Pelshaw, Anya (11 December 2024). "Noe Ponti Breaks World Record Again With 21.32 50 Butterfly In Budapest". SwimSwam. Retrieved 11 December 2024.
  10. ^ Bhattacharya, Soumik (21 October 2024). "Who is Noe Ponti? All about the First Swiss swimmer to break the world record in 39 years in the 50m butterfly". www.sportskeeda.com. Retrieved 12 December 2024.


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